SEPTA officials said the issues began around 5:20 p.m. Monday and became more apparent around 6 p.m.
Riders on SEPTA's Regional Rail lines faced significant delays Monday night due to signal issues, according to the transit agency.SEPTA Regional Rail lines issue should be resolved Tuesday morning after a switch and signal problem caused major delays during the afternoon commute Monday.
It resulted in a domino effect across the regional rail network, affecting at least 13 regional rail train lines used by thousands of people. According to the transit agency, trains were stopped immediately when the issue arose to maintain safe operations. The trains were resumed when field personnel began manually throwing the switches.
SEPTA says they're currently working on a 3-year project to replace the signal system that caused the issue and are trying now to make sure this doesn't happen again."It's been a mess, but welcome to SEPTA," said Temple University student Fodie Koita."I got off of work at 35th and Market. I was waiting for the airport line," he said. "Of course, canceled for the whole night.
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